diff --git a/ietf/settings.py b/ietf/settings.py
index 1f135c9b0..e752845f6 100644
--- a/ietf/settings.py
+++ b/ietf/settings.py
@@ -860,8 +860,8 @@ TRAC_CREATE_GROUP_TYPES = ['wg', 'rg', 'area', 'team', 'dir', 'ag', ]
 TRAC_CREATE_GROUP_STATES = ['bof', 'active', ]
 TRAC_CREATE_GROUP_ACRONYMS = ['iesg', 'iaoc', 'ietf', ]
 TRAC_CREATE_ADHOC_WIKIS = [
-    # admin group, name, path
-    ('iesg', 'Meeting', TRAC_WIKI_DIR_PATTERN % "ietf/meeting"),
+    # admin group, name, sub-path
+    ('iesg', 'Meeting', "ietf/meeting"),
 ]
 
 SVN_PACKAGES = [
diff --git a/ietf/utils/management/commands/create_group_wikis.py b/ietf/utils/management/commands/create_group_wikis.py
index 6428f3a97..d150bec26 100644
--- a/ietf/utils/management/commands/create_group_wikis.py
+++ b/ietf/utils/management/commands/create_group_wikis.py
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         for acronym, name, path in settings.TRAC_CREATE_ADHOC_WIKIS:
             try:
                 self.note("Processing wiki '%s'" % name)
+                if not os.path.isabs(path):
+                    path = self.wiki_dir_pattern % path
 
                 if not os.path.exists(path):
                     trac_env, msg = self.create_adhoc_trac(name, path)